Rest in Pieces

Name: Rest in Pieces
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780715654132
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The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses

By Bess Lovejoy

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Summary

Rest in Pieces by Bess Lovejoy explores the intriguing and often bizarre posthumous stories of historical figures. It delves into the peculiar fates that awaited their bodies, revealing tales of skull theft, grave robbing, and unique burial requests. This captivating biography illuminates the curious and sometimes unsettling ways in which the remains of the famous have been handled, reflecting on our own cultural attitudes towards death and legacy.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Delve into fascinating historical tales of famous figures and their unusual journeys after death. You may enjoy this book if you’re intrigued by stories that blend humour, quirky history, and the bizarre fates of celebrated individuals’ remains.

Rest in Pieces

A marvellously macabre look at how some of the world's favourite historical figures got even more interesting past their expiration dates with their corpses in part or in whole going on hilarious and horrifying adventures!

Description

In the long run, we're all dead. But for some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure. The famous deceased have been stolen, burned, sold, pickled, frozen, stuffed, impersonated, and even filed away in a lawyer's office. Their fingers, teeth, toes, arms, legs, skulls, hearts, lungs, and nether regions have embarked on voyages that criss-cross the globe and stretch the imagination.

Counterfeiters tried to steal Lincoln's corpse. Einstein's brain went on a cross-country road trip. And after Lord Horatio Nelson perished at Trafalgar, his sailors submerged him in brandy – which they drank. From Mozart to Hitler, Rest in Pieces connects the lives of the famous dead to the hilarious and horrifying adventures of their corpses and traces the evolution of cultural attitudes towards death.

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Rest in Pieces has been praised as a fascinating and macabre exploration of the fate of famous people's remains. Reviewers have described it as both historically intriguing and entertaining, with its blend of the morbid and the humorous. It's considered a unique and enlightening read, offering insights into history through tales of legendary body parts and their peculiar journeys.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780715654132

Publisher: Duckworth Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Duckworth

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 384

Collections

Bess Lovejoy Biography & Memoir Education & Reference General Fiction Grief & Loss Humour Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction Political Biographies Royalty & Religion Biographies Science & Technology Biographies

About the Author

Bess Lovejoy's work has appeared in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Lapham's Quarterly and elsewhere. She is a former editor at Mental Floss, SmithsonianMag.com. She has delivered talks at Death Salon, Morbid Anatomy, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Green-Wood Cemetery, and for Atlas Obscura. She is also a founding member of The Order of the Good Death. She now works as a freelance writer, researcher, and content creator specializing in the places where history, science, and curiosity meet. Find out more about her: besslovejoy.com